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thank you for the kind words! I appreciate you taking a look and verifying that it looks okay.

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if you've been following along with my nonsense today, here's my first pass at what this Wardell page should look like. thejazztome.info/wardell-gray... - let me know if that top section is intuitively readable

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re: previous post, some 10"ers and EPs from the early 50s have incredible art. for instance, here are the two releases that make up the basic-by-comparison Wardell Gray Memorial- Prestige 7008. It makes me happy to know that someone might see this art for the first time on my site #jazzsky #vinylsky

PRLP 7008 (a compilation of the other two records)

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If I cared at all about traffic I'd be publishing pages for 1960s Blue Note titles all day long, but instead my brain won't let me sleep unless you have easy access to the most obscure minutiae possible.

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I'm also experimenting with how to display reissues for albums that received different names and album covers when being released on new labels, for example Clef or Norgran to Verve in the mid-late 50s. A search on the site for either cat number or title would get you to the page. #jazzsky #vinylsky

A screenshot showing Clef MGC-640, Harry Carney with Strings which was also released as MGV-2028, Harry Carney - Moods for Girl and Boy

A screenshot showing Norgran MGN-1003, Dizzy Gillespie - Afro, which was also released as MGV-8208, Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 01/09/2026

New Jazz Tome upgrades: I'm experimenting with ways to show 10" LPs being compiled into 12" LPs, like with the two 10"ers that were compiled into Phil Woods' Pot Pie on New Jazz in 1963. thejazztome.info/phil-woods-p... #jazzsky #vinylsky

A snippet of the Jazz Tome page for Pot Pie in which I show that NJLP 8291 is comprised of two 10" LPs

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I've got a lot on my plate now, dealing with a family emergency, but this is the kind of thing I would love to be able to help with. If the newspaper would be amenable to me just transcribing his what I assume was weekly column, I'd happily host the whole thing, jazz or not jazz. That's real history

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 01/09/2026

My ears perked up when I read this. As someone that archives jazz reviews, are 1970s-90s St Paul Pioneer issues available online anywhere? Doesn't look like newspapers dot com has them and the historical society stops at 1961.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 01/09/2026

Nothing clever to say tonight, just want y'all to know that this album is great. #vinylsky #jazzsky

Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All (1959)
Cover art by David Stone Martin

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 29/08/2026

First time hearing a record from the Charlie Parker label, which was ran by his widow Doris in the early 1960s. This LP was recorded by someone sneaking a tape recorder into the Savoy Ballroom in 1950 and sounds atrocious/incredible, depending on how much of a jazz sicko you are. #jazzsky #vinylsky

Lester Young - Pres is Blue, PLP-405, a 1961 release on Charlie Parker Records. Recorded from the Savoy Ballroom in 1950. I think there's a drop of water on the cover because with all the crowd noise it sounds like Pres is playing in the ocean.

A blue LP label displaying side one

Charlier Parker Records - Pres is Blue
Lester Young
Produced by Aubrey Mayhew
Distributed by MGM Records, New York

Track listing:
Stardust (4:45)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (6:05)
Three Little Words (6:20)

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mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Did I "need" this? No. Is it a "practical" investment? No. Am I "behind on my mortgage?" That's none of your business. But all I know is that I have one more Impulse spine for the shelves and a little extra Television dust in the house, and it's absolutely worth it.

The front cover of Pee Wee Russell & Oliver Nelson's "The Spirit of '67", with a certificate of authenticity that it came from the personal collection of Tom Verlaine.

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Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Today, I’m launching a quarterly review of the BEST NEW FANZINES Submit yours for next time to THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE / P.O. Box 60182 / Washington D.C. 20039 Meantime, make a fanzine, read a fanzine, encounter a fanzine here: open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...

open.substack.com

'It's always been someone's apocalypse'

THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE's quarterly review of significant fanzines.

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

apropos of something else: youtu.be/rS2-Ey7YXeU?...

youtu.be

Matador

YouTube video by Grant Green - Topic

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 08/08/2026

One of my favorite under-the-radar Blue Notes. Some killer Grant Green guitar on this one. #jazzsky #vinylsky

Big John Patton - Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966)

distinctive Blue Note Label, 1st stereo pressing. Track one, The Yodel, allows everyone ample time to stretch out.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 17/07/2026

Remembering John Coltrane, who died July 17, 1967 at the age of 40. He was more of a giant than any mural can show. thejazztome.info/glossary/hsj... #jazzsky

A photo of a large mural of John Coltrane, taken by me on 05/14/2025. This mural is in Coltrane's birthplace of Hamlet, NC.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 15/07/2026

His daughter lives there, so it's the perfect setup. Fly in, eat good food, go to shows, fly out. Happy for them, and maybe a little jealous.

The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 15/07/2026

@tarantical.bsky.social my boss is flying in from Virginia for Childers and the Highwomen this weekend. Y'all going to both of those, too?

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 15/07/2026

Spinning some favorites tonight. The title track on the Bartz record is based on the Langston Hughes poem and it is beautiful. #jazzsky #vinylsky

Eddie Harris - Bad Luck is All I Have
On Atlantic from 1975

ATLANTIC
EDDIE HARRIS
BAD LUCK IS ALL I NAVE
SD 1675
STEREO
ONE
1975
ATLANTIC
1. GET ON UP AND DANCE (3:30)
Eddie Harris - Yvonne Harris - Lolita Harris
2. BAD LUCK IS ALL I HAVE (8:40)
Eddie Harris
3. IT FEELS SO GOOD (10:32)
Eddie Harris
(ST-A-753413 PR)

Gary Bartz NTU Troop - I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies
On Prestige from 1973

GARY BARTZ NTU TROOP
I'VE KNOWN RIVERS and Other Bodies
STEREO
SIDE 1
P-66001
1. NOMMO - THE MAJICK SONG 4:16
(Gary Bartz)
G. Bartz Music (BMI)
2. SIFA ZOTE 8:50
(Bartz)
3. JUJUMAN 10:54
(Bartz)
Bartz (BMI)
(P-66001-A)
1973 - Prestige Records

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 13/07/2026

Turns out Peggy and her night club were a big deal in the San Francisco area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Ang...

en.wikipedia.org

Tin Angel (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 13/07/2026

I love this painting by Peggy Tolk-Watkins and therefore I must track down this album for my collection. #jazzsky #vinylsky

From the liner notes of the Desmond album: This album represents the first serious attempt to fuse primitive art with modern jazz. The painting from which the cover was reproduced is a prime example of the art of Peggy Tolk-Watkins, who has long been the leader of the San Francisco Bay Area’s primitive art school. Tolk-Watkins has a permanent exhibition on display at one of the nation’s finest galleries, The Fallen Angel in San Francisco.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 11/07/2026

Finished remodeling and added four new albums to the site this week. If you'd like to read liner notes and reviews about them, plus 672 other albums, come check out The Jazz Tome. thejazztome.info/whats-new/ #jazzsky #vinylsky

Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1959)

A gold cover, with quotes written in big block white text.

"I've sure learned a lot from BIll Evans. He plays the piano the way it should be played. - Miles Davis

Bill Evans is one of the most refreshing pianists I have heard in years. - George Shearing

I think Bill Evans is one of the finest. - Ahmad Jamal

Bill Evans has rare originality and taste and the even rarer ability to make his conception of a number seem the definitive way to play it. - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

Jack Montrose and All-Stars including Red Norvo - The Horn's Full (1958)

There's a classy lady inside the giant saxophone. Can someone help her out, please?

Philly Joe Jones is dressed up as Dracula. At least, I assume that's him? I guess I don't know that to be a fact. Turns out the guy is a book nut, and I think that's delightful. Also there's a bat hanging off his drumstick. Why would he drum with a bat on his drumstick? Because he's Dracula and he does what he wants.

There's a blue cat, hopped up on cat nip, hanging from a chandelier. Nothing else matters.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 10/07/2026

I'll put together a post this weekend with what I've posted on the site lately, but I'd just like to go on the record now and say that this is a masterclass in minimalist design. #jazzsky #vinylsky

The happiest cat you've ever seen, hanging from a chandelier.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 03/07/2026

A little bit of chaos for the deciding minutes of Australia and Egypt. #vinylsky #jazzsky

Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity
STEREO AS-9219
Impulse!

impulse!
abc
RECORDS
"BLACK UNITY"
PHAROAH SANDERS
AS 9219 - A
Side 1
33⅓ RPM STEREO
1. BLACK UNITY (Part I) - 18:28
(P. Sanders) Pharoah Sanders Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Lee Young
A Product of ABC Records. Inc. ©1971

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 02/07/2026

I believe I emailed you regarding a commission a few weeks back?

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 29/06/2026

Best non-Dead Garcia-involved album? You taking Old & In the Way or If I Could Only Remember My Name or Hooteroll?

The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 29/06/2026

Mail day. Think I had this preordered since last December. It might take me until this December to get to reading it. #jazzsky

PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDS
A History of the Label and Its Artists, 1952-1965
JAMES A. HARROD

Front cover photograph: Stagehands constructed a special flat to display dozens of album covers issued by Dick Bock's Pacific Jazz and World Pacific labels when Bock (right) appeared on the December 1, 1958, episode of the Stars of Jazz television program that examined jazz and poetry. Bobby Troup (holding microphone) interviewed Bock on a range of topics following the performance of Walt Whitman's "Poets to Come" read by John Carradine accompanied by the Jazz Canto Ensemble led by Jack Montrose. At the conclusion of the interview Bock introduced Bob Dorough who performed/recited Langston Hughes' "Daybreak in Alabama" (© Ray Avery/CTSIMAGES)

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 27/06/2026

Looks like yours was a couple hours north of mine. bsky.app/profile/grog...

The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 24/06/2026

Getting back in the swing of things from vacation. That means going through my purchases, including two incredible OG records and a handful of CDs. #vinylsky #jazzsky

Two LPs:
1, ALICE COLTRANE
JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA
Featuring
PHAROAH SANDERS (1971)
Shows Alice in a white dress with a red background.
2. Bill Evans - Undercurrent (1962)
Shows a lady in a white dress floating? Drowning? Black and white cover. Lots of shadows and reflections. An incredible piece of photography.

impulse!
abc
RECORDS
JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA
ALICE COLTRANE
Featuring Pharoah Sanders
AS-9203-A
Side A
333 RPM STEREO
1. JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA
(A. Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI) 6:33
2. SHIVA-LOKA
(A. Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI) 6:33
3. STOPOVER BOMBAY
(A. Coltrane) Jowcol Music (BMI) 2:50
Produced by Alice Coltrane with Ed Michel
A Product of ABC Records.Inc. New York, N.Y. 10019 •Made in USA

UNITED ARTISTS JAZZ
BILL EVANS - JIM HALL
UNDERCURRENT
1. MY FUNNY VALENTINE
2. I HEAR A RHAPSODY
3. DREAM GYPSY
UAJS 15003 A.
SIDE 1

A stack of 13 CDs, most Original Jazz Classics. I have a crazy idea that I'm going to collect all of those... roughly 1,100 albums if I remember right.

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The Jazz Tome @thejazztome.info · 21/06/2026

Rollins soloing on Cohen's Who By Fire will knock you on your ass.

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Baseball and Jazz. My two favorite things.

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Gary Kennedy @jazzsnob99.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I haven't read it, no. But I will now, and I'll also link to it on my site. Thank you!

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Why Milt? I know why, but I always associated it w/ Lewis. Did you read Percy Heath's oral history? It has the backstory amhistory.si.edu/jazz/Heath-P...

amhistory.si.edu

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I might be the only person on the internet who cares about shit like this, but if I'm going to do it then I'm going to do it right.

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A cool thing about building your own site is that you can do it however you want. Always bugged me that the Modern Jazz Quartet was attributed to Milt Jackson only, so I built out my page to give the entire band billing. An MJQ search at TJT takes you here: thejazztome.info/glossary/hsj... #jazzsky

A black and white, Creative Commons licensed photo of the Modern Jazz Quartet standing in front of an airplane.

A list of all jazz musicians associated with the MJQ over its lifetime, along with biographies and links to their individual Jazz Tome pages. This section sits above another section of their page displaying all albums I currently have of theirs on the Jazz Tome website.

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Members

Milt Jackson
Vibraphone
1952–1974, 1981–1999

John Lewis
Piano
1952–1974, 1981–1997

Percy Heath
Bass
1952–1974, 1981–1997

Kenny Clarke
Drums
1952–1955

Connie Kay
Drums
1955–1974, 1981–1994

Temporary musicians

Mickey Roker
Drums
1992–1993

Albert Heath
Drums
1995–1997

Member biographies from Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia (2005); membership years from the group's recorded personnel.

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